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Seen "Shiny Happy People?"
May 31, 2023 // 303 Comments -
Their Day in Court: Part Three
February 22, 2019 // 167 Comments -
Their Day in Court: Part Two
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Their Day in Court: Part One
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Statement from Recovering Grace regarding the lawsuit a ...
March 28, 2018 // 190 Comments -
Rethinking the Nativity
December 25, 2016 // 145 Comments -
Bill Gothard’s Powerless Gospel
March 2, 2016 // 259 Comments -
Plaintiffs Amend Lawsuit Against IBLP, Also Sue Bill Go ...
January 10, 2016 // 1311 Comments -
An ATI Education, Final Chapter: Guilty Silence
January 4, 2016 // 168 Comments -
Introducing our IBYC/IBLP Facebook Recovery Group
December 31, 2015 // 24 Comments
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Plaintiffs Amend Lawsuit Against IBLP, Also Sue Bill Go ...
January 10, 2016 // 1311 Comments -
Charlotte's Story
February 5, 2014 // 610 Comments -
Bill’s Cabin: Uncovering Sin
May 21, 2014 // 477 Comments -
Sacred Grooming, Part Six: A Secretary's Account of Lif ...
January 31, 2014 // 406 Comments -
Trapped in the Shadow of 'God's Anointed': Breaking fre ...
May 5, 2014 // 379 Comments -
Our Response to Bill Gothard’s Statement
April 22, 2014 // 359 Comments -
A Call to Repentance
June 6, 2013 // 353 Comments -
Bill Gothard Issues Public Statement
April 17, 2014 // 341 Comments -
The Agent of Satan
June 4, 2014 // 337 Comments -
Confident Statements Do Not a Solid Argument Make
November 6, 2014 // 330 Comments
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I believe that the moderator over on DG had childr ...
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Maybe that's true and you did get exposed to that ...
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1. The Mother Tells The Husband. Good, that was ...
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I didn't read this book from her. I am not sure if ...
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That would be the eleventh anniversary, he resigne ...
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His Word extends beyond just the 1611 KJV. Not eve ...
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In case anyone is interested, Jinger Duggar has wr ...
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Just came across this article in a recent Christia ...
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"I would also like to point out that extreme patri ...
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"as a current atheist.....for the love of all that ...
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I know the Shiny Happy People documentary insinuat ...
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Those were definitely reinterpretations of those p ...
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Gothard and those who define (redefine, actually) ...
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Does anyone else remember being told by ATI author ...
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"I distinctly remember Bill Gothard telling us at ...
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I take care not to lump Gothard's personal theolog ...
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I was wondering the same thing. I wish they would ...
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I listened to the Daily Podcast for the NY Times t ...
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Forced Family Relationships

The Advanced Training Institute (ATI) encouraged strong family relationships. This was a big draw for many families–seeing the tight-knit, glowing families that hinted of yesteryear’s ideals. But some ATI parents took it upon themselves to force this family ideal in order to be the perfect ATI family. Most homeschoolers I know outside of ATI have […]
Sweeping the Stairs: An Exercise in Will-Breaking

It was 1995. I was 20 years old. I had recently arrived at the Moscow Training Center in Moscow, Russia, and was eager to begin my first day of “ministry.” I was assigned to the housekeeping detail. The woman in charge was giving me instructions for sweeping a flight of stairs at the training center, […]